Australia’s most experienced women’s football coach will once more take the reins of the National Team with Tom Sermanni unveiled as the Matildas interim coach.
Football Australia will continue their thorough search for a permanent head coach of the women’s side following the departure of Tony Gustavsson, after the unsuccessful 2024 Paris Olympics campaign, with the interim appointment thought to be covering the friendly matches in Europe in the October window and in Australia in December if required.
Currently Head of Women’s Football at A-League Women club Western Sydney Wanderers, Sermanni’s confirmation in the temporary national team role will be a third stint in charge of the Australian women, after previously leading the side from 1994-1997 and again from 2005-2012.
Sermanni still holds sway as the most successful coach in Matildas history after guiding the team to their only major silverware to date — the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in 2010, in addition to quarterfinal berths at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in…
